Given that the Audi A3 Sportback has five doors to the ‘standard’ A3’s three and its length has been extended by 33mm to improve room in both the rear seats and the boot, it is tempting to think of it as a long-wheelbase A3 and therefore the exception to the norm. It is nothing of the sort.
For a start and in purely technical terms, the Sportback is not just longer but fractionally higher and wider too. Moreover, in the showroom Audi expects it to outsell its littler sister two to one, so while the three-door launched first, if anything is to be regarded as the niche product, it certainly shouldn’t be the Sportback.Most compelling of all, however, is that while the Sportback may indeed be larger than a three-door Audi A3, that does not make it a large car, even by class standards. A BMW 1-series is longer both overall and in wheelbase, while the Mercedes A-class is taller and also puts more air between its wheels see more here- Best UK Used Cars
What
we have, therefore, is the most mainstream of mainstream Audis, the car
designed to tempt young families into the fold of the four rings and
provide enough talent and envious stares from the neighbours to make
them never want to leave.The range, therefore, could hardly be
simpler with a 1.2, 1.4 or 1.8-litre choice of petrol engines and a 1.6
and 2.0-litre selection of diesels. All are turbocharged, and the 1.4
petrol is also available with Audi's ACT technology,see more here- Best UK Used Cars which cuts the
number of cylinders under certain circumstances to preserve
fuel. Gearbox choices are between a manual or dual-clutch automatic
transmission.There are three core equipment grades – SE, Sport and S-line.So does the extra space make the more-door Sportback more appealing than the sleek three-door Audi A3? Read on to find out.
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